MSLD520 - Module 9 - Course Reflections - Madeline Campbell


Throughout the past nine weeks, my previously formed ideas on leadership and management have been greatly altered. What I have learned for the framework of leadership skills has been very refreshing and motivating for someone who hopes to lead and motivate a team effectively. For my personal framework of leadership, I hope to continue to work on multiple aspects such as managing stress to work more efficiently, communicate in a fashion that is more productive, as well as motivating others to be inspired to do their given position to the best of their abilities. Since I am not currently in a position that holds any leadership responsibilities, adorning qualities and working on these qualities now, I believe will be highly beneficial for when I do adorn a leadership position. There are also qualities that I wish to change. The first one being stress management. I have been actively been working on this since April, however, I am desirous of learning skills and tactics more in-depth. The task we were given to “do nothing for ten minutes a day” was very eye-opening to 1. how difficult it was for me to do that and 2. how needed it is for me to do nothing for ten minutes of my day. Turly taking time and not being “on the go” at all hours of the day is something that I note and want to work on more in the future.

Another area of change that I mentioned in the blog post from this module, is that I wish to work on my communication within my work place. To further my skills in leadership for the future, I wish to work on motivating others in my communication, as well as learning how to be more direct when it comes to asking others about their work. I do not want to be direct in a rude or passive tone, but I tend to “beat around the bush” with work issues or stress.

The last area I hope to change and continue to learn in would be regarding motivating others. I do think that I motivate specific individuals within our team, but not to the best of my abilities. I hope to learn to motivate and empower others in a way that truly alters their everyday work life.  Chapter 6 of our tezt and Daniel Pinks talk were both very eye-opening and intriguing to my personal work-life and made me want to “re-vamp” how I motivate others.

I do know once I become a manager, or leader, implementing what I have learned throughout this course, as well as continuing to learn about leadership skills will be much harder to execute than I can begin to imagine. There are numerous different avenues, strategies and styles to leaderships. Each position, team and organizational culture can affect how one might lead a team. I hope to continue to take courses on leadership(even when I am completed with my masters) to simply further my education on the topic.


References

Pink, D. (2009). "The puzzle of motivation". Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation/transcript?language=en
Whetton, D. A. & Cameron, K. S. (2016). Developing management skills, 9th ed. Boston, MA: Pearson.

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